Elena Gaja (born 26 October 1946 in Braşov, Romania) is a Romanian mezzo-soprano opera singer.
She graduated from the Ciprian Porumbescu Music Academy in Bucharest where she studied under Magda Ianculescu.[1]
In December 1982, she won joint first prize in the Concorso Internazionale "Vincenzo Bellini" per Cantanti Lirici in Italy, becoming the first Romanian singer to have won this prize.[2]
She was a soloist of the Romanian National Opera in Timișoara[3] and toured throughout Europe as well as performing at the George Enescu Festival.[4]
She retired from the stage in 1996 but continued to give concerts and opera recitals with a repertoire that includes opera arias, sacred arias, oratorio, lied to tango, zarzuelas and film music. She also taught at the Faculty of Music at the Timișoara University of the West.[5]
References
edit- ^ Învăţământ Cultură Archived 9 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Agenda, 25 April 2009, p.8
- ^ "Concorso Internazionale "Vincenzo Bellini" per Cantanti Lirici: Winners list". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Playbill, Opera Romana Timisoara, Wednesday 16th - Sunday 20 April 1980, Royal Academy of Music Library
- ^ George Enescu Festival 1985 Archived 20 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Timișoara Agenda, Nr. 42/19 October 2002". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
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